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THE AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS

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The American Waterways Operators

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  • H.R. 2741, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023; provisions relating to waterways commerce cutters, ports and waterways infrastructure, and navigation safety. Federal policy relating to pilotage regulations in Canadian waters. Deauthorization of a portion of federal channel located in Bridgeport, CT
  • H.R. 2741, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023; provisions relating to implementation of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (46 U.S. Code Chapter 121), and sexual assault and sexual harassment prevention.
  • Federal policy relating to ports and waterways infrastructure, navigation, and safety.

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General Issues: Transportation, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Defense, Homeland Security, Natural Resources, Environmental/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Spending: about $10,973,619 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Maritime Commission, Transportation - Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG),, Maritime Administration (MARAD), Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Corps of Engineers),, Executive Office of the President (EOP), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), White House Office, Office of the Vice President of the United States, Treasury - Dept of

Bills mentioned

S.1609: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

H.R.3266: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018

Sponsor: Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

S.168: Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)

H.R.1154: Commercial Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

S.1129: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)

S.1894: A bill to exempt Puerto Rico from the coastwise laws of the United...

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

H.R.3966: Puerto Rico Humanitarian Relief Act

Sponsor: Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)

H.R.3852: Humanitarian Disaster Relief Act of 2017

Sponsor: Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)

S.1561: Open America's Waters Act of 2017

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

H.R.2593: Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

S.1119: Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

S.373: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.980: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

S.1611: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.1987: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

S.1376: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Sponsor: John McCain (R-Ariz.)

H.R.1735: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

H.R.4909: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

S.2094: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

H.R.5609: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Duncan D. Hunter (R-Calif.)

H.R.3080: Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.2838: Puerto Rico Interstate Commerce Improvement Act of 2013

Sponsor: Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico)

H.R.3304: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

S.1509: Maritime Goods Movement Act for the 21st Century

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.601: Water Resources Development Act of 2013

Sponsor: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)

S.407: Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013

Sponsor: Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

H.R.1149: WAVE4 Act

Sponsor: Edward Whitfield (R-Ky.)

H.R.2838: Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012

Sponsor: Frank A. LoBiondo (R-N.J.)

S.1665: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

S.3332: Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

H.R.3173: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for...

Sponsor: Steve Scalise (R-La.)

S.1966: A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the...

Sponsor: Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.)

H.R.1105: TWIC Program Act

Sponsor: Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)

H.R.4251: SMART Port Security Act

Sponsor: Candice S. Miller (R-Mich.)

H.R.4348: MAP-21

Sponsor: John L. Mica (R-Fla.)

S.1783: American Mariners Job Protection Act

Sponsor: Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.)

H.R.3202: American Mariners Job Protection Act

Sponsor: Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

H.R.2432: To provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal...

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

S.1197: A bill to provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any...

Sponsor: Daniel Coats (R-Ind.)

H.R.2840: Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank A. LoBiondo (R-N.J.)

H.R.572: Clean Ports Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2112: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Jack Kingston (R-Ga.)

H.R.2017: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Robert B. Aderholt (R-Ala.)

S.1430: Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.104: RAMP Act

Sponsor: Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.)

H.R.2830: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.)

H.R.563: Domestic Energy Independence and Maritime Jobs Creation Act

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

H.R.2360: POWER Act

Sponsor: Jeff Landry (R-La.)

S.1194: Consular Notification Compliance Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3619: Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2011

Sponsor: Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)

S.787: Clean Water Restoration Act

Sponsor: Russ Feingold (D-Wis.)

H.R.2693: Oil Pollution Research and Development Program Reauthorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)

S.684: Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act of 2009

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.685: Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.1194: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.48: Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

H.R.51: Eradicating Asian Carp in the Great Lakes Study Act of 2009

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.R.3173: Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act

Sponsor: Judy Biggert (R-Ill.)

H.R.4472: Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.5625: Permanent Prevention of Asian Carp Act of 2010

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

S.1421: Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

S.2946: Close All Routes and Prevent Asian Carp Today Act of 2010

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.3553: Permanent Prevention of Asian Carp Act of 2010

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

S.3663: Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

S.3755: Fairness in Admiralty and Maritime Law Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3534: Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010

Sponsor: Nick J. Rahall II (D-W.Va.)

H.R.5503: Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.5620: Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Act of 2010

Sponsor: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)

S.551: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain...

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.3049: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the application of...

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.58: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the...

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

H.R.5892: Water Resources Development Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3082: Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011

Sponsor: Chet Edwards (D-Texas)

H.R.2651: Maritime Workforce Development Act

Sponsor: Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

S.1124: A bill to amend title 46, United States Code, to modify the vessels...

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

H.R.2652: Maritime Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.599: Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2009

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.1484: Rabbi Arthur Schneier Congressional Gold Medal Act

Sponsor: Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)

S.1385: Maritime Hazardous Cargo Security Act

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.3619: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.3305: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.3509: Safer Oil and Gas Production Research and Development Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

S.3306: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2010

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.3516: Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010

Sponsor: Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)

H.R.5629: Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act of 2010

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3486: Short Sea Shipping Act of 2009

Sponsor: Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2200: Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

S.3639: Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2010

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

S.3659: SAFE Port Reauthorization Act

Sponsor: Susan Collins (R-Maine)

S.209: A bill to prohibit the use of funds to transfer individuals detained by...

Sponsor: Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.)

H.R.480: Gulf of Mexico Economic and Environmental Restoration Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

H.R.295: To amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize...

Sponsor: Don Young (R-Alaska)

S.183: Deepwater Horizon Survivors' Fairness Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.1: Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013

Sponsor: Harold Rogers (R-Ky.)

H.R.2354: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012

Sponsor: Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)

S.573: Corps of Engineers Reform Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)

S.471: Stop Asian Carp Act of 2011

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.892: Stop Asian Carp Act

Sponsor: Dave Camp (R-Mich.)

H.R.594: Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2011

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

H.R.402: National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2011

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

S.412: Harbor Maintenance Act of 2011

Sponsor: Carl Levin (D-Mich.)

S.371: Focusing Resources, Economic Investment, and Guidance to Help...

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

S.203: Responsible Arctic Energy Development Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mark Begich (D-Alaska)

H.R.503: Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.3011: Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011

Sponsor: Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.)

S.57: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the...

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

H.R.52: OPERA

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

S.215: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

S.214: Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2011

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.501: Implementing the Recommendations of the BP Oil Spill Commission Act of 2011

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.R.54: STOP Act

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.53: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny a deduction for...

Sponsor: Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

H.R.3183: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: Ed Pastor (D-Ariz.)

S.1436: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.)

S.1308: Maritime Administration Authorization Act of 2010

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.3436: TARP Executive Disclosure Act

Sponsor: Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

S.CON.RES.13: An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget...

Sponsor: Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)

H.CON.RES.85: Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government...

Sponsor: John M. Spratt Jr. (D-S.C.)

H.R.2830: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007

Sponsor: James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.)

S.1578: Ballast Water Management Act of 2007

Sponsor: Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii)

S.2766: Clean Boating Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bill Nelson (D-Fla.)

H.R.5949: Clean Boating Act of 2008

Sponsor: Steven C. LaTourette (R-Ohio)

S.1620: Oil Pollution Prevention and Response Act of 2007

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1892: Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

S.1778: Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007

Sponsor: Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

H.R.2641: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Sponsor: Peter J. Visclosky (D-Ind.)

H.R.2609: To direct the Secretary of the Army to revise certain authorized...

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

H.R.3354: Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce,...

Sponsor: Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

H.R.2983: Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

Sponsor: Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)

S.1398: Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

Sponsor: Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)

H.R.396: Tax Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

H.R.8: Water Resources Development Act of 2018

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

S.3021: America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

S.140: Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.694: Open America's Waters Act of 2019

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

H.R.3409: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.1873: Protecting Access to American Products Act

Sponsor: Mike Lee (R-Utah)

S.2297: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)

H.R.6395: William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for...

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

H.R.5498: Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Case (D-Hawaii)

H.R.5499: Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Case (D-Hawaii)

H.R.5500: Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act

Sponsor: Ed Case (D-Hawaii)

H.R.7575: Water Resources Development Act of 2020

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

H.R.4447: Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

S.3485: OFFSHORE Act of 2020

Sponsor: Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)

S.4317: SAFE TO WORK Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.178: UIGHUR Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.4431: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)

H.R.3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.3058: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022

Sponsor: Christopher S. Murphy (D-Conn.)

H.R.6865: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.4137: Water Resources Development Act of 2022

Sponsor: Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.)

H.R.7776: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.4802: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.7900: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

S.4543: James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Sponsor: Jack Reed (D-R.I.)

H.R.2741: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023

Sponsor: Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Thomas Horgan Sr. Legislative Assistant, Sen. Christopher Bond Professional Staff, Senate Subcommittee on Aging Director of Policy and Projects, Rep. Todd Akin Senior Policy Advisor, Rep. Jim Talent
Amanda Kohut Hon. Robert L. Turner, Legislative Assistant
Thomas Allegretti n/a
Jennifer Carpenter n/a
Lynn Muench n/a
Craig Montesano n/a
Mark Wright n/a
Charles Costanzo n/a
John Harms n/a
Justin Lampert n/a
Terence Houston n/a
Tom Allegretti n/a
Caitlyn Stewart n/a
Charlie Costanzo n/a
Brian Vahey n/a
Matt Kent n/a
Dustin Antonello n/a
Brian Bennett n/a
Kevin Dowling n/a
Tom Allegreti n/a
CHRIS COAKLEY n/a
Robert Rowe n/a
Nicole deSibour n/a
Jason Lewis n/a
Christopher Coakley n/a
BOYD HOLLINGSWORTH n/a
Mary McCarthy n/a
Krista Reddington n/a
Addie Wiseman n/a
Ben Rogers n/a
Robert McCaw n/a
Patrick Parsons n/a
Peter Schrappen n/a
Kyle Burleson n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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